PSA 73:28 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But for me, the closeness of God for me is good.
⇔ I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge,
⇔ in order to recount all your works.

UST But for me, the only thing I need is to be close to God.
⇔ I trust in the Lord Yahweh to keep me safe,
⇔ so that I may tell others everything you have done for me.

BSB But as for me, it is good to draw near to God.
⇔ I have made the Lord GOD my refuge,
⇔ that I may proclaim all Your works.

OEB But I am happy when close to God;
⇔ the Lord my God I have made my refuge,
⇔ that I may recount all the things you have done.

WEBBE But it is good for me to come close to God.
⇔ I have made the Lord GOD[fn] my refuge,
⇔ that I may tell of all your works.

73:28 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).

WMBB But it is good for me to come close to God.
⇔ I have made the Lord GOD[fn] my refuge,
⇔ that I may tell of all your works.

73:28 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.

NET But as for me, God’s presence is all I need.
⇔ I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter,
⇔ as I declare all the things you have done.

LSV And [the] nearness of God to me [is] good,
I have placed my refuge in Lord YHWH,
To recount all Your works!

FBV But I love to stay close to God! I have chosen the Lord God to protect me. I will share all that you have done.

T4T But as for me, it is wonderful to be near to God
⇔ and to be protected by Yahweh,
⇔ and to proclaim to others all that he has done for me.

LEB • But as for me, the approach to God is for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh as my refuge,
• in order to tell all your works.

BBE But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

Moff But to be near God is my bliss,
⇔ to shelter with the Lord
⇔ [[that I may tell of all thy works]].

JPS But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.

ASV But it is good for me to draw near unto God:
⇔ I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge,
⇔ That I may tell of all thy works.

DRA No DRA PSA 73:28 verse available

YLT And I — nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

Drby But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to [fn]God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.

73.28 Elohim

RV But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.

Wbstr But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

KJB-1769 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
(But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy/your works. )

KJB-1611 But it is good for me, to drawe neere to God: I haue put my trust in the LORD God, that I may declare all thy workes.
(But it is good for me, to drawe near to God: I have put my trust in the LORD God, that I may declare all thy/your works.)

Bshps But it is good for me to come neare vnto God: wherfore I put my trust in thee O Lorde God, that I may declare all thy workes.
(But it is good for me to come near unto God: wherefore I put my trust in thee/you O Lord God, that I may declare all thy/your works.)

Gnva As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.
(As for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: therefore I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy/your works. )

Cvdl But it is good for me, to holde me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORDE God, and to speake of all thy workes.
(But it is good for me, to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORD God, and to speak of all thy/your works.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 73:28 verse available

Luth Aber das ist meine Freude, daß ich mich zu GOtt halte und meine Zuversicht setze auf den HErr’s HErr’s, daß ich verkündige all dein Tun.
(But the is my yoy/pleasure/delight, that I me to God halte and my Zuversicht setze on/in/to the LORD’s LORD’s, that I verkündige all your Tun.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 73:28 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠אֲנִ֤י ׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫⁠י־ט֥וֹב

and,me near_of ʼElohīm to=me good

Alternate translation: “But for me, God’s companionship is my greatest good” or “But for me, God’s presence is my good”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫⁠י־ט֥וֹב

near_of ʼElohīm to=me good

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of closeness, you could express the same idea with an adjective or a verbal phrase, or in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “being close to God is good for me” or “being near to God is good for me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּ⁠אדֹנָ֣⁠י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑⁠י

made in/on/at/with,Lord_of, GOD refuge_of,my

The author speaks of Yahweh as if he were a physical place that a person could go to for safety (a refuge). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning with a simile or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Like a person runs to a shelter to keep them safe when they are in danger, so I have chosen to trust you to keep me safe”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּ⁠אדֹנָ֣⁠י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑⁠י

made in/on/at/with,Lord_of, GOD refuge_of,my

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of refuge you could express the same idea with a verbal phrase, or in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “I trust the Lord Yahweh to protect me”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

לְ֝⁠סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽי⁠ךָ

that,tell all/each/any/every works_of,your

The phrase in order that marks recount all your works as the goal or purpose for which the author made the Lord Yahweh his refuge. Use a natural way in your language for indicating that this is the goal or purpose.

לְ֝⁠סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽי⁠ךָ

that,tell all/each/any/every works_of,your

Alternate translation: “that I might make known to people all your works” or “that I may declare all your deeds”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כָּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽי⁠ךָ

all/each/any/every works_of,your

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of works, you could express the same idea with a verbal phrase, or in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “all you have done”

Parallel PSA 73:28